86Box Active
A low-level emulator of real IBM PC-compatible motherboards, from the 8088 to the Pentium II era. It runs DOS, Windows 3.x/9x and OS/2 on period-correct hardware.
Facts
- Systems
- IBM PC & DOS compatibles
- Runs on
- Windows, macOS, Linux
Native: x86-64, ARM64 - License
- Open source (GPL-2.0)
- Accuracy
- High
- System ROMs
- You supply your own
- Mobile
- None (no official phone or tablet version)
- Models
- IBM PC 5150, PC/XT, PC/AT, Tandy 1000, 386/486 clones, Pentium-era PCs
- Opens
.img.ima.iso.cue.vhd- Written in
- C, C++
- Authors
- The 86Box team
- Based on
- PCem
- Last checked
- Oct 2026
Features
- Not listed:Save states
- Not listed:Rewind
- Not listed:Fast-forward
- Not listed:Run-ahead
- Not listed:Online multiplayer
- Not listed:CRT shaders
- Not listed:A/V recording
- Not listed:Cheats
- Not listed:Achievements
- Not listed:Themes
Input
- HasGamepad
- Not listed:Touch controls
- Not listed:Light gun
- HasMouse
- Not listed:Positional key mapping
- Not listed:Symbolic key mapping
- Not listed:On-screen keyboard
- Not listed:Native keyboard
Emulated hardware
- HasHard disk
- HasMIDI
- HasPrinter
- HasNetworking
- Not listed:Modem
- Not listed:RAM expansion
- Not listed:Accelerator cards
Features not listed may still exist. Edit this entry if something is missing or wrong.